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312 pp.
| Farrar/Foster |
October, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-374-39963-8$$18.00
(2)
YA
Klass excells with a funny, likable hero caught in an agonzing situation. Joe, captain of the soccer team, is able to handle himself in a fight, but he's a bit backward in the romance department. Antonio, a soccer "Phenom" about to turn the high school's losing soccer season around, is also an arrogant s.o.b., who steals Joe's would-be girlfriend. Readers will be rooting for Joe to pull through, which he does, time and again.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2003